The short-term spinal cord stimulation improves the rates of tracheal decannulation in patients of brain injury with disorders of consciousness

Objective: To investigate the effects of the short-term spinal cord stimulation (stSCS) on the rates of tracheal decannulation in patients of brain injury with disorders of consciousness (DoC). Methods: 81 patients of brain injury with DoC after tracheotomy treated in Ganzhou People’s hospital from June 2021 to June 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. Results: We divided the patients into two groups, 46 patients who underwent stSCS as observation group, and 35 patients who did not undergo stSCS under the same conditions as the control group. The rates of decannulation were compared between the two groups. The rates of decannulation were 50% in the observation group and 25.7% in the control group. There was significant difference between the two groups. Conclusion: stSCS can improve the rates of decannulation in patients of brain injury with DoC.